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H. FRANK.

Bricks'for onstructing Metallurgie Furnaces.

NO.134,374. PatentedDemShSH.

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lMFFGVEMENT IN BRICKS FOR CONSTRUCTING METALLURGIC FURNACES.

.Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1134!.,34L datedDecember 3l, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIMAN FRANK, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bricks for Building Regenerative and other Furnaces; andI do hereby' declare the following to. be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification, which represents in perspective myimproved brick or tile for building of a hollow cutter or tube. Thebrick is then baked or hardened inthe usual way.

In the furnaces, &c., above mentioned gas and air are heated by passingthem through walls heated by a current passing in an opposite direction.

This brick is designed for the construction of such walls, the openin gsct and b being made for the passage of the counter-currents.

The form of the brick and the number of the counter-openings may bevaried to suit the circumstances under which the brick is to be used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

rIhe tile or brick A having openings or passages a and b, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I, the said HIMAN FRANK, have hereunto set my hand.

Witnesses: HIMAN FRANK.

A. S. NICHOLSON,

THos B. KERR.

